Curtain-rod attachment.



N0.'793,917. PATENTED JULY 4,1905:

7 A. BUEGKING.

OURTAIN ROD ATTACHMENT. APPLIUATION Hum APR. a, 1905.

W zinessera, im'vanit axa "I ivaris Patented July'd, 1905.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,917, dated July 4, 1905.

Application filed April 8, 1905. Serial No. 25 L441.

To 11/ 1071,0111, if III/(1, collate/ ul.

Be it known that], ALONA Bunoki so, a citizen of the United titates, residing in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (,lurtain-ltod fhllllitClll'IlOllfS or 'lhinibles for Said Rods, of which the following is a full, clear, and correetdeseription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, and in which is shown a fragment or end of a curtain-rod (0 provided with my said curtainthiinble, the same also showing a fragmentary section to expose the interior and the end of the rod.

The object of my invention is to provide a thimble or cap to keep the curtain from com ing in contact with the end of the rod, which is always left rough because covered by a knob or other ornamental covering, and thereby such rough end becomes an injury and a ruin to a curtain when it is slipped onto the rod, as it is practically unavoidable to prevent the curtain from catching on said rough rod end when placing the curtain on the rod, and thus comes the inevitable injury to the curtain.

To obviate said trouble, l have devised my said new niechanisl'n, which consists of a thinlble of special form and eonstructiorn which consists of a cylindrical part c, in which are a mimber of longitudinal slots (1, which thereby make the said part capable of yielding. so as to adapt itself to the slightly-varying thicknesses of curtain-rods of any given size. To the end of said cylinder and as forming an integral part thereof is attached a cone/1, which is tipped by a hemispherical endj", also as an integral part of said cone, the said thimble being preferably made of stamped metal in a single piece as indicated in the drawing. Thimbles made to the varying dillerent sizes of standard diameters may then be nested into a single package, from which the desired size may then be selected and slipped onto the end of the eurtain-rod. The shirring of the curtain will then slip over the thirnble easily and. quickly, saving much time in the work and. keeping the curtain free from all injury.

The manner of using this device is already sulliciently shown. Between the slots (Z are left concaved parts of the cylinder (.1, which form yielding springs c, which yield to the varying thickness of what are called likesize c1.1rtai.n-rods, and thus hold the thimble lirmly to the curtain-rod.

What l claim A curtain-rod thimble consisting of a sheetmetal cylinderprovided with longitudinal slots and yielding members from which said cylinder is tapered into a cone and a heinis iihere tippii'ig the end of said cone.

A LUNA BUEU Kl M i'. l'Vitnesses:

tlinuupo'rrrn K. i /lI'lOIUGLL, Win. i'imiljnnnan. 

